Dec 9, 2024 | 2024, All News, Press, Youth
HARTFORD, CT – Youth advocates, nonprofit leaders, and elected officials made an argument Thursday for greater investment from the state in line with recommendations detailed in the 119K Commission’s recent report to help disconnected youth. The call to action...
Nov 18, 2024 | 2024, DOL Press, Press
(Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the October 2024 jobs report showing the state’s unemployment rate dropped another 0.2% to 3.0%, the lowest rate Connecticut has had since August 2001. The...
Oct 21, 2024 | 2024, DOL Press
(Wethersfield, CT) – Today, Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo released the September 2024 jobs report showing the state’s unemployment rate fell for the sixth consecutive month and is now at 3.2%, 0.2% lower than August. Private...
Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Press, Youth
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Ned Lamont joined Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo on Tuesday at the YWCA Hartford Region to shine a light on the growth of the Connecticut Youth Employment program. Lamont’s office said that the initiative was created to help young people...
Aug 28, 2024 | 2024, Press, Youth
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State leaders announced $876,000 in federal funding to train more than 100 young adults for infrastructure industries. Capital Workforce Partners’ On-ramps to Infrastructure (O2I) for Young Adults program will train 105 young adults in...
Aug 27, 2024 | 2024, All News, Press, Youth
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Labor Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo today held a news conference at the YWCA Hartford Region to highlight the growth of the Connecticut Youth Employment Program, an initiative designed to help young people explore careers and...
